2 Books found
Earth Policy Institute Books
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Outgrowing the Earth: The Food Security Challenge in an Age of Falling Water Tables and Rising Temperatures
In recent months, rising oil prices have focused the world’s attention on the depletion of oil reserves. But the depletion of underground water resources from overpumping is a far more serious issue. Excessive pumping for irrigation to satisfy food needs today almost guarantees a decline in food production tomorrow. There are substitutes for oil, but there are no substitutes for water. The growth in world population ...
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The Earth Policy Reader
If we have learned anything over the past year, it is that accounting systems that do not tell the truth can be costly. Faulty accounting systems have driven some of the world's largest corporations into bankruptcy, costing millions of people their lifetime savings, retirement income, and jobs. In The Earth Policy Reader, coauthored with Janet Larsen and Bernie Fischlowitz-Roberts, Brown says the global economic accounting system is ...